Healthcare Staff Perceptions Regarding Barriers and Enablers to End-of-Life Care Provision in Non-Palliative Care Settings in Ghana

A Multicentre Qualitative Study

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13628581
AutoresJonathan Bayuo (0000-0001-8437-2730, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, autor correspondente), Prince Kyei Baffour (Conquest Hospital, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, East Sussex, UK)
Ano2022
Volume89
Fascículo1
Páginas259-274
Data de publicação2022-01-28
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228211072970
PMID35090354
OpenAlexW4210346957
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas35

The projected rise in health-related suffering warrants the integration of palliative care across all health systems. For traditionally non-palliative care settings, barriers and enablers to palliative care integration remain poorly understood. This study sought to explore these barriers and enablers in the Emergency and Burn Units across two healthcare facilities in the middle belt of Ghana using qualitative description. Thirty-nine healthcare staff comprising 20 burn care staff and 19 ED staff were purposively recruited and interviewed. Interviews were transcribed following which thematic analysis was performed inductively. Two themes and six subthemes emerged from the data. The Ghanaian socio-cultural context often crippled the discussion of death and dying. Overall, there is a perceived tension between emergency/burns and end-of-life care. Opportunities however exist to improve the situation which will require more work regarding curricula improvement, providing avenues for professional development, culturally sensitive communication, and identifying strategies of engaging relatives

Context (archaeology · End-of-life care · Health care · Palliative care · Perception · Political science · Qualitative research · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology